imac i7 2.93 runs hot

[azbrd]

i just purchased a i7 2.93, system purforms great but it runs very hot. screen temp runs about 113F, top of the system runs >115F. Anyone else running this imac?

FYI when I say 113F that is on the outside so its like looking at a oven door. The top of the frame gets too hot to touch 115-124F, CPU does run around 150F.

This is a new system so OS is 10.6.4, it seems smcfancontrol does not work on this OS version, at least it does not adjust any of the fan speeds.

 

[symbology]

i just purchased a i7 2.93, system purforms great but it runs very hot. screen temp runs about 113F, top of the system runs >115F. Anyone else running this imac?

Sorry, but no, nobody else is running this iMac. That is why you do not see a "27inch i7 2.93GHZ Owners" thread.



could not resist. 😀


My i7's have had issues, but extreme heat has not been one of them.

 

[aki]

There are many threads concerning temperature management in iMacs here, have a search around. The TLDR is consider something like Temperature Monitor or iStat and smcfancontrol if you want manual control over temps.

 

[aliensporebomb]

Huh?

You gotta be kidding me.

113 degrees fahrenheit isn't hot for a computer system.

My system under heavy load pushes 150 degrees or more for the CPU.

 

[Sun Baked]

I had that crap for fans and temps on my system only the first week.

Once I found out that my machine ran normal, I figured I didn't need it until a problem came up.

Otherwise seeing all the time means obsessing about it, and worrying all the time about a degree or three.

Figured, if any problems came up that was what Apple Care was for.

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I only needed it AFTER my machine was repaired and it came back with a problem, seems they forgot to connect a temp probe, so it didn't report and triggered a full speed fan.